Kate nurse in double suicide bid

THE nurse who killed herself after a hoax call to the hospital treating the
Duchess of Cambridge had attempted suicide twice before, it was reported
yesterday.

Tragic Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was also said to have been prescribed
anti-depressants by doctors.

She first attempted suicide by taking an overdose of pills during a family
holiday last December, according to reports in her native India.

The mum of two was rushed to hospital, but days later made another suicide
attempt by throwing herself off a building.

She was treated for depression and admitted to a psychiatric ward at Father
Muller Medical College Hospital in Mangalore, India. Her brother Naveen
Saldanha, 42, said: “We didn’t know about the first incident, but we knew
about the second.”

Jacintha was found hanged after an Australian radio station tried to get
through to pregnant Kate while she was being treated for severe morning
sickness at King Edward VII Hospital in London.

Two DJs pretending to be the Queen and Prince Charles called the hospital.
Jacintha put them through to another nurse, who revealed confidential
medical details about Kate.

Jacintha never mentioned it to husband Benedict Barboza, 49, son Junal, 16, or
daughter Lisha, 14, but was found dead three days later.

Prosecutors were last week handed a police file and will now decide whether
anyone should face charges.